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SMERCH coast defence turret ship (1865)


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Smerch

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Смерч [Smerch]     Mitchell, St. Petersburg 19.8.1863 23.6.1864 17.6.1865 stricken 2.1904


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

1460

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

57.4 wl

Breadth, m

11.6

Draught, m

3.66 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 HDA, 2 rectangular boilers

Power, h. p.

700

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

coal 250

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armour, mm

wrought iron; side: 114, turrets: 152 - 114, deck: 25

Armament

2 x 2 - 196/12 60pdr SBML

Complement

155



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<i>Smerch </i>1865
Smerch 1865


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<i>Smerch</i>
Smerch


Project history

A low freeboard turret ship very similar to the Danish Rolf Krake, but differing in having a partial double bottom. The Smerch was rigged with three pole signal masts.

Ship protection

The hull above water was completely armoured and there was a 25mm deck.

Modernizations

1867: - 2 x 2 - 196/12; + 2 x 1 - 203/19 obr. 1867

1870: - 2 x 1 - 203/19; + 2 x 1 - 229/14 Krupp SB

1890s: - 2 x 1 - 229/14; + 2 x 1 - 229/19 obr. 1877, 4 x 1 - 87/21 4pdr obr. 1877, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

Naval service

No significant events.